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Harold Bruder — Corner; Kissena Boulevard (two works)
Harold Bruder — Corner; Kissena Boulevard (two works)
Harold Bruder — Corner; Kissena Boulevard (two works)
Harold Bruder

Corner; Kissena Boulevard (two works)

1974

This diptych presents two distinct urban street scenes rendered in oil on paper, each depicting the built environment with careful attention to light, shadow, and architectural detail. The left panel captures a narrow street corner dominated by bold yellow utility poles and signage, with vehicles and figures rendered in loose, impressionistic strokes against a moody palette of blues, browns, and ochres. The right panel opens onto a wider boulevard lined with commercial storefronts and street furniture, where pedestrians navigate a sunlit pavement bathed in warm, atmospheric light. Both works exemplify a mid century American approach to urban realism, balancing observed specificity with painterly abstraction. The materiality of oil on paper laid to panel creates a luminous, immediate quality characteristic of plein air study or rapid urban documentation.

Medium
oil on paper laid to panel
Overall

Notes

A Ménage with George Platt Lynes, Rago Auctions, 2026-05-01. Lot 262. Signed to lower edge of each work ‘Harold Bruder’.

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A Ménage with George Platt Lynes

May 1, 2026

Estimate: $1,200$1,800

Lot 262

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Harold Bruder, Corner; Kissena Boulevard (two works), 1974

This diptych presents two distinct urban street scenes rendered in oil on paper, each depicting the built environment with careful attention to light, shadow, and architectural detail. The left panel captures a narrow street corner dominated by bold yellow utility poles and signage, with vehicles and figures rendered in loose, impressionistic strokes against a moody palette of blues, browns, and ochres. The right panel opens onto a wider boulevard lined with commercial storefronts and street furniture, where pedestrians navigate a sunlit pavement bathed in warm, atmospheric light. Both works exemplify a mid century American approach to urban realism, balancing observed specificity with painterly abstraction. The materiality of oil on paper laid to panel creates a luminous, immediate quality characteristic of plein air study or rapid urban documentation.

Medium
oil on paper laid to panel
Dimensions
overall: 27.9 x 22.2 cm
Year
1974
Seen at
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, United States

Related themes

City Life, Utility Poles, Everyday Subject, Pedestrian Scene, Urban Study, Mid Century, Street Scene, Diptych, Commercial Street, Street Signs, Storefronts, American Realism, Oil Painting, Urban Landscape, Atmospheric Light, Yellow Accents, Blue Palette, Architecture, Paper Support, Figurative

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